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Ke ʻAlemanaka
Ke ʻAlemanaka
The Parish Postings THE PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT
An Inclusive and Caring Christian Community Vol.89 No.1 January 2018
2017
The year in pictures
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Ke ʻAlemanaka January 2018
Published monthly by The Parish of St. Clement
1515 Wilder Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96822-4614
Office Phone: (808) 955-7745
Fax Phone: (808) 944-9325
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stclem.org
Rector: Rev. Heather Hill
Head of St. Clement’s School: Jodi Yoshioka
Director of Music: Karol Nowicki
Organist: River Kim
Parish Administrator: Carolyn Koehler
Secretary: Joanna Polevia
Sexton/Groundskeeper: Stan Ornellas
Family Ministries: Gail and Scott Suzuki-Jones
Lauren Romagnoli
Senior Warden: Liz Baldwin
Junior Warden: Mary Carpenter
Treasurer: Martha Morgan
Clerk: Moani Crowell
Vestry
Dana Anderson Michelle Comeau
Pam Fern Beth Fincke
Kimberly Frank Scott Hauger
Kehau Kali Berquist Carol Taylor Kim
Tom McManus
Happy
Birthday!
Hauʻoli la hanau to all
Those born in January
Items for Ke ʻAlemanaka may be submitted to the
Newsletter Editor, Arthur Buto
Phone: (808) 383-3930
Email (preferred): [email protected]
DEADLINE FOR THE FEBRUARY ISSUE
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Attendance and Offerings
for November, 2017
November Attendance 513
November SCS Chapel Attendance 1,563
November Offerings $22,002
YTD Income as of 11/30/17 $557,402
YTD Expenses as of 11/30/17 $589,097
Ke ʻAlemanaka
If we missed your birthday, please let the office know!
January 1 Wally Kojima
Sophia Suzuki-Jones
January 2 Seamus Murphy
January 3 George Parsons
January 7 Elijah Lorenzo
January 9 Jackie Oda
January 13 Yumi Hirota
January 14 Nellie McLaughlin
January 16 Birthe Lauchengco
January 17 Lauren Romagnoli
Kashmira Tata
January 19 Carlo-Marco Argones
January 21 Camden Fraser
January 23 Laʻe Alo
Jaedi Tamura
January 24 Charlie McManus
Wendy van de Waal
January 25 Chanel Wong
January 26 Pat Dunham
January 28 Eleanor Ing
January 29 Joni Wong
January 30 Fred Harrison
Eileen Zorc
Save the Date!
Sunday, January 28, 2017
One service only at 9:00am
followed immediately by the
Annual Meeting
in the Vi and Paul Loo Parish House
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From Pastor Heather
A Celebration of New Ministry January 13, 2018 - 4 pm
The date has been set to formally celebrate the
ministry of Pastor Heather Hill among us.
Bishop Bob Fitzpatrick will join us to induct
Pastor Heather into her position as the Rector of
St. Clement’s. What a wonderful occasion this
will be with plenty of rejoicing and festivity so
plan now to attend.
Interested in running for Vestry? We are currently
accepting nominations for members to help lead
our parish in the next few years. Please speak with
Kimberly Frank or Pastor Heather if you would
like to nominate yourself or someone else.
Lay Leadership Opportunity
The wrapping paper has been
thrown away. The debate over
when to take the tree down begins.
When do the nights of Christmas
end and the rest of the winter
begin? The hope of the
incarnation celebrated at
Christmas becomes the reality of
daily life. Now is the time to
begin to work on all that it means
to be a follower of a God who
became human.
God did not walk this earth as a fully-grown man, Jesus,
but began as an infant: learning to take first steps, eat
first foods, and speak first words. This is how we
follow Jesus. We do not have it all together nor are we
completely faithful on our first try. We begin little by
little to step out with God’s message of grace, love, and
mercy.
When I think about how we begin, I often come back to
the words of Howard Thurman.
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among people,
To make music in the heart.
Now that we are approaching the end of Christmas
and looking towards Epiphany it is time for us to
try to take our new steps in walking in the hope
and joy of the incarnation. What new aspect of
following Jesus are you going to try?
I encourage you to take your first steps in the work
of Christmas to bring God’s love to the world. It
can be hard to step out in new ways. Just like a
small child learning to walk we may not succeed
the first, second, or third time. We are called as
Christmas ends not to forgot how God uses even a
newborn infant to
shine God’s light.
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Parish Snap Shots
Adult Discussion Group
January Topic:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine
L’Engle will be the focus of the
Adult Discussion group for January.
Everyone is invited to join us start-
ing on January 7 at 8:45am. Keep an
eye on announcements in March and
plan to join a group going to see the
new movie based on the book which
is due in theaters in early March.
Younger readers are invited to join
in the discussion of this Newbery
Medal book. Copies of the book are available in the office
for $10.
~~ Submitted by
Pastor Heather
Would you like to know more about the Bible? One of the
legs of the three legged stool of the Episcopal Church is
Scripture. For the past eight years we have been studying
the Bible and relating it to today's world. This has literally
been life changing for some of our participants. We meet
at 8:45 am between services in Meeting Room 2 of the
Parish Hall. Please join us and in no time you will be able
to hold your own in any discussion concerning the Bible.
Open to all to open your mind!
~~ Submitted by
Jim Quimby
Bible Workbench
Behind the Pulpit… Photo by Dana Anderson.
Beginning in January
The Rector’s Sabbath will be on
Fridays instead of Mondays.
If you would like to schedule a visit with
Pastor Heather, please contact her at
215-740-6588 or
Parish Directory
We will again be issuing a parish directory in
January. They will be available at the annual
meeting. A sample will be available on the
table in the back of the church the first 3
Sundays in January. You will be asked to
make corrections to the sample which will be
incorporated into the final directory. If you
would like to submit a new or up-dated photo
to be included, please email your photo to the
office at [email protected]. If you
would like to have your picture taken, please
let the office know
so we can make
arrangements.
Let’s strive for
100% participation
this year!
New Email Address
Pastor Heather has a new email
address:
Her old Yahoo address will now
be used for her personal
business.
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GREETER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED…
For the 7:30 am service on rotation:
January, April, July, and October
A Team Leader is also needed for this rotation
Come, Be A Part of
the St. Clement’s Ohana
Altar Guild:
30 minutes, one Saturday a month: Put up hymn numbers,
prepare elements for Sunday, and fill candles.
30 minutes, before & after 7:30 service, once a month: Set up
altar & elements; clean up and reset for 10:15 service.
30 minutes, after 10:15 service, once a month: Clean up and
put away elements.
1 hour or so, once a quarter: Launder & iron sacramental
linens and towels.
1 hour or so, one Saturday a month: Arrange flowers for
Sunday Service.
Contact Beth Fincke at [email protected] or at 524-3282 if
you’re willing and interested or have any questions.
Ushers:
Ushers for 7:30 will (once, possibly twice a month):
~open doors and windows
~take out welcome table to porte cochère
~put out offering plates and Sunday bulletins to sacristy
~welcome parishioners and give out Sunday bulletins
~collect offering & put away at end of service
Ushers for 10:15 will (once, possibly twice a month):
~welcome parishioners and give out Sunday bulletins
~collect offering & put away at end of service
~return welcome table to church at end of service
~return offering plates & Sunday bulletins at end of service
~close and lock doors and windows
For more information or to volunteer, email Sandy Souza (7:30)
at [email protected] or Arthur Buto (10:15) at
Makiki Farmers Market:
One Thursday a month:
3:00 – 5:30 Point, Open & Park: “Contact
Person”, set up stanchions & cones; assist
vendor parking and student pick up; turn on
lights & electricity (1 person).
3:30 – 5:30 Park; Monitor vehicles entering the
campus (1 person); put away stanchions &
cones.
4:15 – 4:45 Set Up: Set up tables, chairs &
trash cans (2-3 persons).
7:20 – 8:00 Take Down & Close Up: Wipe &
take down tables & chairs, take in electrical
cords, shut down electricity & lights, close up
Church & Parish Hall (3 persons).
1 hour, any time between 5 & 7 – Collect &
Post Vendor Fees (1 person).
5:30-7:30 Point Person: “Contact” person if
there are any questions or situations that need
to be handled.
Contact Pam Fern at [email protected] or Tim
Hurd at [email protected] or at 372-1963
if you’re willing and interested or have any
questions.
Offering Counters:
Team of 2 needed for 5th Sunday of Month:
After services record offerings on counters’
forms and prepare deposit slip. Training is
provided. Only 4 times a year commitment!
Contact the Parish Administrator, Carolyn
Koehler, at [email protected] or 955-
7745 if you are willing and interested or have
any questions.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 New Year’s Day -
Office & School Closed
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
2
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
5:00 Labyrinth Open-PKG
6:00 Property Committee Mtg-
PH1
3
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Na ‘Ohana Mtg-PH
School Resumes
4
10:00 Holy Eucharist at Arcadia
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
5 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
6
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
7
7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH
8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2
8:45 Adult Discussion-PH
10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg
10:15 Holy Eucharist-CH
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
8
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
9
9a-3p HMHB Conference-PH
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
6:00 Vestry Mtg-PH
SCS Snow Play Day
10
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
11
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH
12 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
13
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
9:00 iFoG-PH
4:00 Celebration of New
Ministry-CH/PH
14
7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH
8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2
8:45 Adult Discussion-PH
10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg
10:15 Holy Eucharist-CH
11:30 Prayer Chain Mtg-PH1
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Offices & School Closed
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
16 No School
8:00 Preschool 3 Interviews-
SCS
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
5:00 SCS Board Meeting-PH
17
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
Ke`Alemanaka Deadline
18
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH
19 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
20
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
9:00 Presch & Kindergarten
Interviews-SCS
10:30 Food Dist. Prep-PH/KIT
11:30 Food Distribution-
PH/KIT
21
7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH
8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2
8:45 Adult Discussion-PH
10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg
10:15 Holy Eucharist-CH
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
22
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
5:00 Hula Class-PH
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
23
12:30 Tourist Wedding-CH
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
6:15 Executive Comm. Mtg-PH1
24
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
11:00 RYSE Cooking-KIT
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
25
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH
26 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
27
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
11:00 Tourist Wedding-CH
28 Annual Meeting
ONE SERVICE ONLY @ 9am
9:00 Holy Eucharist
10:15 Annual Mtg. & Brunch-PH
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
29
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
5:00 Hula Class
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
30
9:00 SCS XRay Discussion-PH
11:00 Tourist Wedding-CH
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
6:00 Makiki Bel-Aire AOAO-
PH
31
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:30 Holy Folders-PH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
Feb 1
8:30 Holy Folders-PH
Ke`Alemanaka Assembly
Key CH - Church PH - Parish House, main hall PH1 - Mtg room 1 in Parish House PH2 - Mtg room 2 in Parish House MB - Music Building SL - Staff Lounge KIT - Kitchen PG - Playground PKG - Parking Lot
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 New Year’s Day -
Office & School Closed
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
2
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
5:00 Labyrinth Open-PKG
6:00 Property Committee Mtg-
PH1
3
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Na ‘Ohana Mtg-PH
School Resumes
4
10:00 Holy Eucharist at Arcadia
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
5 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
6
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
7
7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH
8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2
8:45 Adult Discussion-PH
10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg
10:15 Holy Eucharist-CH
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
8
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
9
9a-3p HMHB Conference-PH
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
6:00 Vestry Mtg-PH
SCS Snow Play Day
10
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
11
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH
12 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
13
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
9:00 iFoG-PH
4:00 Celebration of New
Ministry-CH/PH
14
7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH
8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2
8:45 Adult Discussion-PH
10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg
10:15 Holy Eucharist-CH
11:30 Prayer Chain Mtg-PH1
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Offices & School Closed
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
16 No School
8:00 Preschool 3 Interviews-
SCS
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
5:00 SCS Board Meeting-PH
17
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
Ke`Alemanaka Deadline
18
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH
19 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
20
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
9:00 Presch & Kindergarten
Interviews-SCS
10:30 Food Dist. Prep-PH/KIT
11:30 Food Distribution-
PH/KIT
21
7:30 Holy Eucharist-CH
8:45 Bible Workbench-PH2
8:45 Adult Discussion-PH
10:00 Sunday School-PH/C.Bldg
10:15 Holy Eucharist-CH
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
22
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
5:00 Hula Class-PH
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
23
12:30 Tourist Wedding-CH
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
6:15 Executive Comm. Mtg-PH1
24
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
11:00 RYSE Cooking-KIT
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
25
4:30 Farmers Market-PKG
6:00 Choir Rehearsal-CH
26 Clergy Sabbath
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:00 Strivers for Sobriety-PH
27
9:00 Altar Guild-CH
9:00 OA Mtg-MB
11:00 Tourist Wedding-CH
28 Annual Meeting
ONE SERVICE ONLY @ 9am
9:00 Holy Eucharist
10:15 Annual Mtg. & Brunch-PH
5:00 Hui Lāpale La‘i Mtg-MB
7:00 Daily Reflections-PH
29
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
5:00 Hula Class
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
7:00 Mankind Project-MB
7:30 Al-Anon-PH
30
9:00 SCS XRay Discussion-PH
11:00 Tourist Wedding-CH
1:30 Parish Staff Mtg-PH1
6:00 Makiki Bel-Aire AOAO-
PH
31
8:00 SCS Chapel-CH
8:30 Holy Folders-PH
10:00 Healing Eucharist-CH
5:30 OA Mtg-SL
5:30 Tae Kwan Do-PG
Feb 1
8:30 Holy Folders-PH
Ke`Alemanaka Assembly
Key CH - Church PH - Parish House, main hall PH1 - Mtg room 1 in Parish House PH2 - Mtg room 2 in Parish House MB - Music Building SL - Staff Lounge KIT - Kitchen PG - Playground PKG - Parking Lot
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Vestry Highlights -
December 2017
The vestry met on December
12, 2017. Highlights of this
meeting include:
Acceptance of the
recommendations of the
Compensation Committee for
staff salaries for 2018
Approved the draft Financial Statement
of Ministry (fka the budget) for 2018
Voted in favor of having the church
tented for termites after live critters were
found in the sacristy and other areas.
This must be done before other work on
the church (roof, painting) can
commence..
By email vote, approved the preliminary
procedures audit report of 2015 as
submitted by Carr, Gouveia, Inc. and
accepted the responses to the
recommendations contained in the report
as written by the Parish Administrator.
Submitted by Moani Crowell
Vestry Clerk
The next meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, January 9 at 6 pm. Parishioners
are welcome and encouraged to attend.
We serve a light supper prior to the
meeting and enjoy having visitors.
The Parish of St. Clement Episcopal Church
invites you to a
CELEBRATION OF NEW MINISTRY
On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 4 pm
The Rt. Revd. Robert L. Fitzpatrick will install
The Rev. Heather Hill as our Rector
Reception to follow in the Parish Hall.
Clergy are welcome to process. Red stoles.
Please RSVP to [email protected] www.stclem.org
The Gift
If I see the gift as mine alone to give,
I might give hesitantly,
even grudgingly, considering my options,
than giving from a sense of ought.
If I see the gift as God's
who allows me to use it for a time,
then the gift can flow more freely,
as I join with others
to be a channel
for God's love and mercy.
Carnival Parking Fundraiser
It’s almost time again for our only major fundraiser of the year. The
Punahou Carnival will be February 3 & 4 and we will be parking cars
on our lot both days. Volunteers are needed as Gate Keepers, Runners/
Spotters, Parking Attendants, and people at the Key Tables. We also
welcome donations of snacks, lunch items, chili ingredients (or the chili
itself), and black Sharpies and ballpoint pens. Sign up sheets will be in
the back of the church during January or you can call the office at 955-
7745 to volunteer.
This is St. Clement’s main fundraising event. The money raised
supports endeavors in various inreach and outreach ministries and helps
to maintain our grounds. Please join us for fellowship, fun, and food.
It’s a great way to meet new church members and reconnect with old
church friends. Volunteer—we all benefit from it in some way.
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Farmers Market Ministry Teams
Volunteer to help with this ministry by contacting
Pam Fern (943-8987 or 561-1070) or Tim Hurd (372-9563)
Task January 4 January 11 January 18 January 25
Point Person for Set
Up and Parking
3:00-5:30pm
Keith Kalway Keith Kalway Jim Quimby Pam Fern
Parking 3:30-5:30 pm Pam Fern Pam Fern Dana Anderson Steve Marcuccilli
Set Up 4:15-4:45 pm Nellie McLaughlin Steve Marcuccilli Liz Ho Tim Hurd
Point Person
5:30-7:30 pm Pam Fern - 561-1070
Receipts, Rents
6:30-7pm Martha Morgan Susan Palmore Michele Morikami Kimberly Frank
Take down/
Closing* 7:20-8pm
Beth Fincke
Jim Mattingly
John Marlowe*
Soane or Nicholas
Lino
Sandy Souza
Arthur Buto*
River Kim
Ken Morikami
Terry Ledford*
Jim Mattingly
SteveMarcuccilli
Pam Fern*
Guided by Hawaii artist
Ittai Wong of Kailua, the
St. Clement’s Youth
Group used wood
burnishing tools to create
these tiles exploring
personal themes of
Pentecost and Advent.
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Shortly before Christmas, I read the
results of a poll, conducted every year at
this time, showing that more and more
people do not believe that faith in God or
abiding by a religion is necessary to
make us moral and ethical people. What
is more, the polls invariably relate this
increase with other polls which show a
decrease in people who believe in God or follow a religion at
all. However, while the results of these two polls are related,
the subjects of the two polls, meaning faith in God and
following a religion, and being moral and ethical, have little
to do with each other. It is like taxes and economic
performance. Contrary to urban mythology and political
demagoguery, when taxes have been highest in the last 120
years of American history, economic growth has been
greatest. Apples and oranges. Go figure.
On the other hand, if we are looking for morality and ethical
behavior, to be sure we can find it while believing in God
and abiding by a religion that is faithful to God, but the
reality is we do not have to stop there. We can become a
Jaycee or join the Lions Club and do just as well. We can
study Aikido or practice Yoga. We can read and discuss
philosophy or meditate. However, if we seriously think
moral and ethical behavior makes God and religion
unnecessary, which is the not-so-subtle message of these
polls, then we have missed the point not only of morals and
ethics, but of God and religion.
Morals and ethics are based on ideals, whether mundane or
divine. In a warrior society such as ancient Sparta, might
was right, warriors lived by a moral code embodying an
ethos of duty, honor, courage, loyalty, and personal sacrifice
to the nobility and kings, and yet, the ethic of mercy for
example was conspicuously absent. In a Confucian society
such as medieval China, harmony between individuals of the
same caste, within families, and among the various social
classes was to be promoted and preserved above all else.
Yet, the cost was high, requiring a legal system and law
enforcement that was as all-encompassing as it was
uncompromising. In an industrial society like the 20th
century United States, to quote President Calvin Coolidge,
“What’s good for business is good for America.”
Exploitation of natural resources. Mass production. Market
control. Conspicuous consumption. Ever-increasing
standards of material living. Centralization of wealth. In
other words, morals and ethics are not universal, as much as
we would like to think so. Instead, they are based on ideals
and, often sadly, they are only as “moral and ethical” as the
“ideals” themselves.
Believing in God and following a religion is something very
different. To be sure, out of this belief and pursuit, a
morality and ethos will emerge, but that is not the point. The
point is believing in God, having faith in God, and following
A View from the Pew
God through all of the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly of
our human experience. The point is to have a relationship with
God and, as a result, to trust God to inspire, guide and lead us, in
body, mind and soul, every day of our lives. The point is to give
thanks to God for life itself. In return, out of our thankfulness will
emerge these much-discussed yet much-misunderstood values we
call morality and ethics. Even so, out of our thankfulness God too
emerges, God too is revealed, and God too is made manifest in the
way we live, despite our very selves.
The Torah, usually translated into Modern English as “The Law”
from the Koine Greek, into which it was first translated from the
Classical Hebrew, is not an altogether accurate translation. It is
derived from an archery term in Classical Hebrew for how an
archer must shoot an arrow in order to hit the mark. In my mind, a
better translation would be “The Way,” but “The Flow” would
even be more true. In other words, if we want to hit the mark, we
cannot just aim an arrow and expect to hit it. Instead, we have to
follow the way, be in the flow, in which a good archer braces their
bow, addresses the mark, pulls the arrow from the quiver, nocks
the arrow into the arrow plate and rest, draws the bowstring back
to the anchor-point on their face, holds the bow and arrow in
resting-position while siting the mark and accounting for distance,
elevation, and weather conditions, releases the bowstring,
maintains a release-position while assessing the loft and trajectory
of the arrow until it hits the mark or misses, and how they repeat
the process ad infinitum until it becomes ingrained, inherent,
instinctual.
To believe and have faith in God is a life-long process out of
which we learn to love the One God, the Only God; to deify,
idolize, and worship no-thing and no-one; to not use God’s name
for our own vain and self-serving purposes; to keep Holy a Day for
the Lord when we literally “cease” (i.e. sabbath / shabbat) doing
what we do the other six days, when we commune with one
another and as a result God, and above all else when we give
thanks for life; to honor our mothers and fathers, and all of the
elders of our lands; to be honest in all matters with one another; to
be faithful in all relationships with one another; to preserve,
protect and promote life; to speak truthfully to and about one
another; and to desire and seek out only that which is rightfully
ours. It is to love God with all of our hearts, minds, strength and
souls; and to love our neighbors as we do ourselves. It is to love
one another as God loves us.
~~ Submitted by
Scott Suzuki-Jones
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Year B The First Sunday after the
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